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Transcript of God Has A Plan 4 Old Testament
(Our God is a Covenant God)
Week 4
What is a covenant? An Agreement or contract A Relationship More than a promise An Oath-Bound Promise “A bond in blood sovereignly
administered”
What are the elements of a covenant?1. Parties2. Condition3. Promise or Blessing4. Penalty or Curse
1.Parties
2.Condition
3.Promise/
Blessing
4.Penalty/Curse
1. God and Adam Adam represents all
men2. Obedience
Perfect, personal obedience
3. Eternal Life Communion with
God forever4. Death
Spiritual, physical, judicial
By His breach, Adam fell into an estate of:
SinMisery
Two aspects to Covenant of Grace:
Eternal Focus is on the Triune God and His will
Man’s inability to do anythingIn time
Focus is on man and his need for redemption
We called the eternal aspect:The Covenant of Redemption
We called the In Time aspectThe Covenant of Grace
Parties: God the Father & God the Son
Promises of the Father to the Son: assist the Son in work of atonement
give the Son a people exalt the Son above all others
Conditions to be fulfilled by the Son: assume human nature, without sin
perfectly obey the law of God make atonement for sin
Parties: God the Father and Jesus Christ, as representative of the elect
Promises: Be a God to His people Give His people a new heart Forgive their sins and make them holy
Condition: Faith in Christ
What is the relationship between the Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace? Because of Adam, every person is
born under the Covenant of Works No one can fulfill the condition of the
Covenant of Works, since “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”
What is the relationship between the Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace? God graciously transfers the elect (those
who believe on Christ) from the covenant headship of Adam to the covenant headship of Christ (Romans 5)
Christ fulfilled the Covenant of Works by His perfect obedience
One of peace and friendship Isaiah 54:10; Gen. 12:3;
Psalm 119:63; Psalm 139:21-22Like a Marriage
Ezekiel 16:8; Hosea 2:19; Zech. 13:9Everlasting
Isaiah 54:1-10; 55:3; Psalm 89:33-34); Malachi 2:1-9; Romans 11:29
YES!
Covenants must have conditions or responsibilities
Remember our friends, the elements!
But, does God bargain?
Requirements are synergistic
Fulfilling the requirements is monergistic
FAITH
We are required to have faith (John 3:16)
But God provides the faith (Ephesians 2:8-10)
SANCTIFICATION
We are required to obey
God enables us to obey
Genesis 6:9-22Promise: God extends grace to Noah and his family
Condition: obedience to God by building an ark
Genesis 8:20-22Genesis 9:1-17
Promise: God will not again destroy all living things
Condition: be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth
Genesis 12:1-9 Promise: I will make you a great nation
Condition: Go where God tells you
Genesis 15:4-6 Promise: many descendants, Canaan
Condition: obedience to God, including bondage in Egypt
Genesis 17:1-14 Promise: multiply you exceedingly
and give your descendents Canaan Condition: walk before me and be
blameless Sign: circumcision Penalty: if not circumcised, cut off
from God’s people and the covenant
Seed (Gen. 12:2)Land (Gen. 12:7)Presence of God (Gen. 15:1)The Nations (Gen. 12:3)
Repeated in Genesis 17:4, 8, 7, 5
Galatians 3:17-22 Why would this covenant be a regression to a Covenant of Works?
Why would both the OT and NT represent this as an honor and privilege for Israel?
What does it mean that the law was a schoolmaster?
What is distinct about this covenant? Moral law is repeated with majesty and
thunder Ceremonial law and rituals are expanded Visible church is changed from a family
to a commonwealth The legal conditions for outward good
standing are made more burdensome
What about this covenant is like the New Covenant? Made in the context of deliverance A privilege and not a curse (Ex. 19:5;
20:2; 34:6-7) Israel is called Abraham’s seed (Deut
7:8-12; Exodus 3:6-7) The mediator (Moses) was a type of
Christ
The law was in force under Abraham Romans 5:13-14; Genesis 17:14
Moses taught about Christ Luke 24:27; John 5:16
Paul describes faith by quoting the Mosaic covenant (Romans 10:6)
CircumcisionPassover
This will help us to understand: Baptism Lord’s Supper